The president is the one who put the kibosh on working together, and now he’s just trying to use the mainstream media to confuse the American people. The fact is I think he thinks Americans are stupid, and he’s going to play this out until he gets a headline in every paper that Republicans are obstructionist. The fact is, he’s the one who’s obstructing real bipartisanship.

DeMint claims that senators were close to a deal until the White House intervened.

“I thought we were moving toward a good bill until Chris Dodd went to the White House,” DeMint said.